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Level 4 Diploma in Business Management

Review and coursework completion

BM406 · Operating in a Global Context — Week 15 of 16

CourseBM406
Week15 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Understand the context of globalisation.
  2. Understand the factors which drive globalisation.
  3. Understand how and why a business would want to operate in global markets.
  4. Understand how operating in a global market impacts a business.

What you will be able to do

  • Bring together all the learning outcomes and complete the coursework against every assessment criterion.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax (2021), section 8.5 on turning evidence into findings and recommendations; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
  • Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Open-access article · Flyvbjerg (2006), Qualitative Inquiry. Why a single well-analysed case can support general conclusions and recommendations. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: How globalisation has evolved: from the first wave to Globa…
  • Week 2: Types of globalisation: political, social, economic and tec…
  • Week 3: The positive and negative effects of globalisation
  • Week 4: The global economy and the global business environment
  • Week 5: Drivers of globalisation: alliances, push/pull and demand/s…
  • Week 6: Drivers of globalisation: economies of scale, protectionism…
  • Week 7: Why a business would want to enter global markets
  • Week 8: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Ways to enter a global market: exporting, licensing, joint …
  • Week 10: Recommending a preferred mode of entry to a business
  • Week 11: Impact on structure and culture: McKinsey’s 7-S model and H…
  • Week 12: Impact on strategic decision making: capability, resources,…
  • Week 13: Impact on operational decision making: marketing, HRM and l…
  • Week 14: Responding to the impact of globalisation
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment
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